Nippoptilia rutteni

Nippoptilia rutteni
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pterophoridae
Genus:	Nippoptilia
Species:	N. rutteni
Binomial name
	Nippoptilia rutteni; Gielis, 2003

Nippoptilia rutteni is a species of moth in the genus Nippoptilia, known from New Guinea. Moths in this species have a wingspan of approximately 13 millimetres (0.51 in). The specific name "rutteni" refers to microlepidopterist Dr. A.L.M. Rutten.^[1]

References edit

^ Review of the Pterophoridae from New Guinea, with descriptions of eight new species (Lepidoptera)

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[1] Review of the Pterophoridae from New Guinea, with descriptions of eight new species (Lepidoptera)

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